Ves,,,,,, Giss isn’t being selfish,, just practical.
Your reasoning is flawed Ves! If the husband does not learn Russian,,, the two can only speak within her limited vocabulary?? If he learns Russian,,, won’t his vocabulary be limited too????
You are also missing a huge factor! When you walk down the streets in your home town,,,, what do you see??? I saw billboards, posters and signs all over the place,,,,, in every city, with some English on them,, or all English!! English is on advertisements, products, TV, and even on the radio!!
Do you know how many billboards or advertisements we have here with Russian printed on them??? NONE!!!!! The people in your countries are getting introduced to English at a very young age. I have also been told by many people, that most kids have an English class in High School. Do you know how many schools teach Russian here??? I don’t know of any!! I tried to find Russian classes at our technical schools,,,, I didn’t find any!
As for her feeling lonely, not being able to speak in her native tongue,,, have you forgot about the telephone?? We have several means of communication now, from cheap to free. My wife called home very often, and this was before computer phone service!!
However,,, I had met someone online here in the US… who was desperate to speak with someone in Russian!! I had to disappoint her! Maybe she did not have any family back home,,, or maybe they were no longer speaking to each other??
Ves,,,, no, it is not easy to know if you are being sarcastic! It was very easy to tell that giss was being sarcastic. If you want to make a point, I suggest you speak plain and straight forward.
I know of women in Russia and the Ukraine, that believe the stereotypes of foreign men!! They told me this in person! Both were interpreters,, and it was their job to introduce these “bad men” to their local women???? What does that say about them????
Oh,,, how could I live with a R wife?? I did!! But,,, she was an English tutor!
I’ve had,,,,,, relations,,,,, with women who couldn’t speak English! It can get a little interesting! Lol
About the eggs,,, yes, I’m sure being hit by an egg, would be an insult and embarrassing!!
That incident with Bush and a foreign reporter, involved a shoe,,, not an egg! In the country where this happened,, or in that reporters’ country,,, throwing a shoe was their greatest insult!!
I don’t recall anyone throwing eggs,,, but I’m sure it has happened somewhere?
Like I have said before,,, I do not believe most of the propaganda! I only know a few Russian men, and all seem to be okay guys! I’ve asked most of the women I wrote to, about their fathers?? At least 75% say their father was a good man, and their parents have a good marriage!! So I agree,,, where are all of these bad men???
If there is a point to be made about the Russian men,,, it would be that the young guys are not serious in relations! With there being so many single women, the young guys don’t need to settle down with the first woman they like! I have heard that very often!! But,, yes I know,, it is a line to convince foreign men, that the girl’s interest in them is real!
About the men who search for a foreign wife,,, I was at a Anastasia social in Moscow 1998. There were about 20 guys,,, one was quite old, about 70, but a really nice guy. A couple were putzes,,, a little on the strange side, and two were real jerks!! I felt sorry for any girl marrying those two guys! The rest were just regular normal guys!
My situation is a little different than most! I am looking to start a family,, not to marry one! Almost every woman my age, or even just in her 30’s has from 2 to 10 kids by now. The time I spent on local dating sites was a complete waste of time,,, I never met with anyone!!!! Three types of women would write to me,,, older,, young and pretty local scammers, and young and pretty foreign scammers. Many of the women clamed to be within the US., but were Russian!
If I give up my goal of having children and a family, I will find someone local.
Was the computer a gift??? What else would it be? No, I’m sure she could not buy one on her own.
The girl I went to Ukraine to meet was 28. The girl I am writing to now is 24! It is far from an ideal situation!!! If I was to start my search over again, I would not consider her.
No,, I don’t think there are a lot of opportunities for work. We do hear about the economic situation in Europe on our national news,, and it is grim!! I have seen the neighborhoods and the apartment buildings in Ukraine and Russia. I have seen the rural homes on the outskirts of cites,,, very poor conditions!! The conditions of the streets and sidewalks are very poor!!
Ves,, have you been to the USA??
Armin,,,, that is your thought of American men? I have heard that we are; open minded, adventurous, fun loving, over sexed, attentive, well mannered, thoughtful, considerate men, who take their marriage vows seriously???!!! I know that is the impression I am trying to leave behind!!!
I also know,,,, that if someone would travel 8 time zones, 21 hours of flight duration,,, and then 6 hours by taxi to see me,,, I would show up for the fxxking date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's not my thought, I wrote the stereotypes of local Ukrainian people about Americans. Didn't you know that? I'm sorry to surprise you. The Ukrainians are also surprised to hear what The Americans think about them. As for me I know American people pretty well and my thoughts are different and based on the real experience of working, communicating, making friends and business together.
Ves,,,,,, Giss isn’t being selfish,, just practical.
Your reasoning is flawed Ves! If the husband does not learn Russian,,, the two can only speak within her limited vocabulary?? If he learns Russian,,, won’t his vocabulary be limited too????
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Understanding and speaking (and reading and translating) are very different things. I know Spanish very well. My vocabulary is very rich.I can read books, internet,etc. But i can not speak it. at all. I'm lack of practice.But even with practice foreign language wont be native language.
I know Turkish very well.I' m working in Turkish company.I hear it everyday.I dont have any troubles with it.Turkish TV, internet,humour,difficult trunslations, archaic words - i dont remember when i last had difficulties with it.I can hear and understand and feel such meanings of language which i can not exactly translate to Russian.Do you think that i can speak Turkish as a native? .... I can not! I can translate almost everything but sometimes i'm UNABLE to say exactly what i wanted to say!Don't forget- we can think in native language,only in native! You can learn Russian so good that you will be able UNDERSTAND it as native. But you never will speak it as native.The same- she can understand English as a native, but never will speak so!
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The people in your countries are getting introduced to English at a very young age. I have also been told by many people, that most kids have an English class in High School. Do you know how many schools teach Russian here??? I don’t know of any!! I tried to find Russian classes at our technical schools,,,, I didn’t find any!
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"i ntrodused to English" - This factor is NOTHING. We (at my time) began to learn English(or German) in the fifth grade(class).You can imagine that when we graduating scool we can speak English. I never saw such person! Scool is the worst place to learn languages! I began to'learn' Kazakh when i was 7. ! Do you think i can speak it? Every day i hear it,see billboards etc ... i cant! I can understand it(because I know Turkish).99,99% russians here don't know Kazakh! Even some kazakhs don't know it! I'm 26. I've been "introdused" to Kazakh more than 19 years!!!!!!!!
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Good thing! May be it will be better to marriage with robot? Just the same!
Wow bonded I thought you knew americans! It appears you have no clue! As usual! Go to any shopping mall at 2 pm on a Saturday. You will see hugely overweight women dresses in sweat pants talking like truck drivers, chewing gum like cows and dragging their kids who are dressed like orphans. They are loud, rude, mean and lazy. If you spend enough time one will surely have curlers in her hair. I thought you said you knew about America? Ask your wife to get up at 4 am to make you breakfast before work and she will laugh at you. Ask a Ukrainian woman and she will have already set her alarm because she wants to spend the hour before you leave with you. Only a person with no clue of American women would post the things you do. Why am I not surprised? We do have men like you describe here. There are lazy people everywhere. The official percent of alcoholic men in Ukraine is about 1/3. Here it is far far less. So I guess only 1/3 of married women have to deal with drunks for husbands. Hmm now I wonder where the stereotype could come from.
Ves,,,, no, it is not easy to know if you are being sarcastic! It was very easy to tell that giss was being sarcastic. If you want to make a point, I suggest you speak plain and straight forward.
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It isn't interesting.I'm not a japonese to be polite smile and say " please, thanks,very good".I'm here to remember and develop my English so boring "plain and straight" is not the good thing.I'm tired of "plain and straight" books. rules,words.Where else could I read so many new espesial words?
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That incident with Bush and a foreign reporter, involved a shoe,,, not an egg! In the country where this happened,, or in that reporters’ country,******************
I know that it was shoe.I just used the more known occasion.H.Klinton,president of Iceland,ex president of Ucraine, Lady Gaga, etc- less known situations
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About the men who search for a foreign wife,,, I was at a Anastasia social in Moscow 1998. There were about 20 guys,,, one was quite old, about 70, but a really nice guy. A couple were putzes,,, a little on the strange side, and two were real jerks!! I felt sorry for any girl marrying those two guys! The rest were just regular normal guys!
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You forgot to write in what condition the "grooms" were every evening.How they cralled to there rooms with new "fiance" everyday, how they falled on the stairs how vomited.
I remember the situation- one "groom" died in night club in Almaty.I was an intern in some hotels.Everywhere just the same.
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No,, I don’t think there are a lot of opportunities for work. We do hear about the economic situation in Europe on our national news,, and it is grim!! I have seen the neighborhoods and the apartment buildings in Ukraine and Russia. I have seen the rural homes on the outskirts of cites,,, very poor conditions!! The conditions of the streets and sidewalks are very poor!!
Ves,, have you been to the USA??***********
I grew up in such sity.90% people there were russians, germans, greeks.In 90s the most of them immigrated to "motherlands".I was impossible to sold homes, the big part of the town was empty and ruined.What does it changes?Brains of the girls were ruined too?(i'm writing about people yonger than 40 years,whithout problem with health).Unimployment? Maybe it is very hard to lift ass off a couch and go to a more big city? Ask that girl- whithin 10 years after graduating what she had done? Waited miracle?Cried that parents couldn't pay for her education? Waited for "Prince on a white horce"? They are idlers and parasites! Almost all my ex classmates now have higher education, good work,lives in different cities, countries.Maybe from your country our conditions seems very bad.But- if that girl lived in your country and did the same- in what situation she would be now? Or in your country money fall from the sky?
(i'm writing about Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan.Other FSU countries are in different situation.)
Giss, you are my hero!!! The monument is almost ready, and the central street is renamed after your name. You are just sharp enough to notice women here, deaf enough not to hear what you don't want to hear and blind enough to find someone who can stand you more than 20 years in your own country.
About our educations, at least I can speak to you in English, and you can't do it in Russian:) I hope your research in chemistry will be successful and we'll have another piece of shit named after you to substitute natural products. You are boasting with your education? I'm not going to, why should I do it having only 3 diplomas?.
Nothing personal Giss, but as far as I can see, you are stupid enough to be an american, but you are too stupid to be an American.
ß òóò íàñûïàë ñëèøêîì ìíîãî áèñåðà ïåðåä èçâåñòíûì æèâîòíûì, íà ýòîì îñòàíîâëþñü)
Armin,,, I knew you were only listing the stereotypes,,, but then you also wrote this;
“I can say that SOME of them really are of those stereotypes.”
So maybe you are only making believe you aren’t repeating them???
What giss wrote about American women isn’t quite accurate. That is not an accurate description of the average American woman!! It is a 100% perfect description of the average American woman who is now available!!! The leftovers!!!!
We do not have the abundance of single women,, we are about 50/50 men and women. A large percentage of them want to remain single! They can provide for themselves, and don’t want the restrictions of marriage.
Here,,, if you make a mistake with your first marriage,,, you are left with the alternatives. It is a very grim picture.
Most couples get married after graduation,,, and about 50% remain married. I have classmates with grandchildren!!! That is an eerie feeling!!
Ves,,, are you on drugs, or are you having some sort of mental breakdown??????
What is the point you are trying to make???
So,, these other languages won’t ever replace your native languages?? So what???
The woman needs to learn the language of what ever country she is moving to!! His learning her language is only going to help a little,,,,, and he is too busy!! The man does 99% of the work needed to make a foreign marriage possible!! Her learning English well, is a small price to pay!!
Having English printed everywhere is nothing????
"i ntrodused to English" - This factor is NOTHING.”
Bull$hit!!!! It is everything!! And you proved it!! You can read Spanish,,, but can’t speak it?? How can you read it, if you don’t know the alphabet???
On my way to Kherson in 2010, the driver could not speak any English,,, but he could write it?? I thought that would be impossible,, but he proved it!
The billboards,,, they have some English on them,,, or were 100% English!!! Why??? Why spend money on advertising that no one can read??????? Visual association!!!! Being introduced to English at an early age is everything!!! And companies are smart enough to use that!!!
I can drive from my home state of Wisconsin,,,, 24 hours away to Daytona Beach, Florida without a map!! In the Ukraine,,, I can’t walk more than a few blocks if I make any turns!! Why?? Because I can not read the street names!! I can see them,,,, but I can not read or pronounce them,,, so I can not remember them!!!! And all of the buildings look alike!
“You can imagine that when we graduating scool we can speak English. I never saw such person! Scool is the worst place to learn languages! I began to'learn' Kazakh when i was 7. ! Do you think i can speak it?”
School is the worst place??? What’s the problema??? Is it your teachers or your brains???
My school taught French! I did not care to learn it, so I didn’t take it. But the group that did went to Paris at the end of the school year, and spoke nothing but French!! That’s the official story?!
“Maybe it will be better to marriage with robot? Just the same!”
I don’t need words of any kind to share my feeling with a woman! My caring and gentle touch should be enough!
Ves,, so what you are telling us, is that you are only here to practice your English???? That’s why you don’t seem to care if you make any sense or not???? You are wasting our time!!
“You forgot to write in what condition the "grooms" were every evening.How they cralled to there rooms with new "fiance" everyday, how they falled on the stairs how vomited.
I remember the situation- one "groom" died in night club in Almaty.I was an intern in some hotels.Everywhere just the same. “
The social in Moscow, was held at the old Rosia Hotel. The rooms were 30C or warmer. It was very difficult to get a good nights sleep.
Our group was staying at the North entrance, but the main bar and restaurant was located on the West side. Not being able to sleep, I would go down to the bar, and join a small group of the guys. They had the same problem. The bar served large drinks,,, but they were really watered down,,,,, except for one night!! When I felt a little buzzed, I went back to my room! End of story! I don’t remember any of the guys getting plastered and sick!!
Ves,,,, you must be used to a different type of men???!!
A new fiancée each night?? No, wrong again! Most of the guys were quite sensible, I only know of one who brought home his date! The guys didn’t need to bring the women they were trying to date back to the room,,, this hotel had room service!!!! Every night,,,, the working girls would knock on our doors!!! Some of the guys in the bar were trying to get away from them!
È çäåñü íàøè!Ãàðäåìàðèíû, âïåð¸ä!
Lon! You have to say GREAT THANKS to FSU men.
Relationships in our families are so good that most of our girls want to marry.Our fathers were able to raise daughters and show them the appeal of the family.Would our girls want to have a family if we have seen around the unhappy family? Now tell me, how you managed to ruin in women the desire to have a family in your countries? What they see around them? What is the behavior of men to them?What they are afraid of?
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Did i write that she needn't? She will of course.But it isnt the excuse to your laziness.
************** And you proved it!! You can read Spanish,,, but can’t speak it?? How can you read it, if you don’t know the alphabet???
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Èäè, óáåéñÿ.I'm serious- go and at least knock your head on the wall.Where is written that I don't know the alphabet?Two more knock!!!! Say me- how one can learn foreign language without reading?? else knock!!!!I can not speak Spanish because I never used it, I learned it without tutor.I have never talked in Spanish.I haven't the skills.
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LACK OF DESIRE! The same are you! If you wanted- you would learn Russian! Have you ever seen billboards in Spanish in FSU?Turkish? Òîò, êòî õî÷åò- èùåò âîçìîæíîñòè.Êòî íå õî÷åò- îïðàâäàíèÿ.One question- why you had written ~problemA~ ?
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I don’t need words of any kind to share my feeling with a woman! My caring and gentle touch should be enough!*************
Dreamer!Ìå÷òàòåëü!Big disappointments are awaiting you!
******Ves,, so what you are telling us, is that you are only here to practice your English???? That’s why you don’t seem to care if you make any sense or not???? You are wasting our time!! ****************
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Our group was staying at the North entrance, but the main bar and restaurant was located on the West side. Not being able to sleep, I would go down to the bar, and join a small group of the guys. They had the same problem. The bar served large drinks,,, but they were really watered down,,,,, except for one night!! When I felt a little buzzed, I went back to my room! End of story! I don’t remember any of the guys getting plastered and sick!!
Ves,,,, you must be used to a different type of men???!!*****************
I just described the behaviour and habits of "grooms".Most of you are drinking enourmous.If you hadnt seen such things it doesnt matter that such things did not happen. Or it isnt your fault?- the bad russians make you drink vodka etc?
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A new fiancée each night?? No, wrong again! Most of the guys were quite sensible, I only know of one who brought home his date! The guys didn’t need to bring the women they were trying to date back to the room,,, this hotel had room service!!!! Every night,,,, the working girls would knock on our doors!!! Some of the guys in the bar were trying to get away from them!************
I dont know if they were their "postfiances".Maybe they picked them up at the nightclubs.And you specifically chose these hotels where prostitutes knocking on the door?
Yes bond us stupid Americans who had 90% of every important invention for the last 150 years. No bond I don't make food additives, before working in a refinery I worked in battery research. I had my own electrolyte dept where I synthesized a new electrolyte scavenger molecule thar made water and acid molecules (deadly in lithium batteries) inert. The company I worked for had about 25 scientists and held just over 900 patents. I turned in myself 30 patent ideas in just one year. Yes, us stupid Americans. And for ves while I work I listen to the Russian teaching CD's as well. Ooh and bond your thinking skills collapsed again. Your last sentence if gibberish.
Ves,, I’m not thanking anyone for anything!! What do I have to be thankful for,,,, when it comes to the Ukraine. As for the Ukrainian men,, they have my deepest sympathy and pity!!
The lives of American families has been on a downward slide long before I was born. It started during WW-II !! Men went to war, and women were needed to do their jobs. They learned quickly, that work can be more exciting than doing housework.
Then after the war,,, the “soap-opera” turned most of their brains to mush!! Men, children, families came last!
You did not understand about alphabet! How could you read Spanish,,, if you did not know the alphabet?? You do,,, so you can! Go bang or whatever to your own head!
Why did I write problema? Well how about problemo? Most likely not spelled correctly,, but in Russian and Spanish,, the word “problem” is almost the same as in English! I guess you didn’t know, that I understand just a tiny bit of Russian and Spanish,,,,,, and German????
Go choose your favorite wall!!!
Sorry Ves,,,, I don’t drink very much! I can’t help what other men do.
No,,, the men did not pick up these working girls! They would sneak into the hotel,,, or bribe the security guards!
The hotel came with the tour package,,, a few complained about the conditions of the hotel and did move to a better hotel! I wanted to stay with the group. I went to another hotel for dinner one night,,, working girls waiting in the lobby and by the entrance of the restaurant!! My girl/fiancée would hold my hand very tightly when walking past them!
Giss, back in the 1980’s, they had a battery additive that would rejuvenate old batteries! The stuff actually worked! It contained some kind of Cadmium acid,,, do you know anything about it??
Giss, the last sentence was written in Russian, that's why your poor mind couldn't identify the letters. Here is one more to compare/
Íó è ïðèäóðîê æå òû)))
The lives of American families has been on a downward slide long before I was born. It started during WW-II !! Men went to war, and women were needed to do their jobs.
Then after the war,,, the “soap-opera” turned most of their brains to mush!! Men, children, families came last!*************************
Just the same in USSR. And after WW2 women have been working not less than men.
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O_o good answer! You men were lazy, selfish,didn't help,so your women at least had prefered the life without selfish husbands.If our men did the same, our women would choose the same behaviour.There was great privileges for women in USSR,so without husband women could live even better.Or do you think that our women enjoy housework?Ôàíòàç¸ðû!So this means that there is something in our men that our women are ready to do some tedious work.20 years after USSR, but nothing changes.I didnt see another films in my childhood than your Holliwood films,your "soap-operas" etc. So why we are not as you women? The only answer- woman is always adjusted to the circumstances.You have done your women, our men- us. But then you do not like your creation and you rushed to to us.